Storage Device Procurement System
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1. A method for automatically procuring a storage device for use with an information handling system comprising:
- installing a storage device procurement system agent onto the information handling system;
monitoring storage device failure and full warnings and conditions within the information handling system via the storage device procurement system agent;
communicating with a storage device provider via the storage device procurement system agent; and
,automatically procuring a storage device based upon the monitoring via the storage device procurement system agent.
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Abstract
A storage device procurement system for managing storage failure and full warnings and conditions to minimize a need for storage device inventory. Such a system minimizes a need for storage system administrators to be knowledgeable with procurement options and procedures. Such a system provides for an end-to-end automated storage device procurement system by combining elements of a direct order model with elements of storage array monitoring.
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1. A method for automatically procuring a storage device for use with an information handling system comprising:
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installing a storage device procurement system agent onto the information handling system; monitoring storage device failure and full warnings and conditions within the information handling system via the storage device procurement system agent; communicating with a storage device provider via the storage device procurement system agent; and
,automatically procuring a storage device based upon the monitoring via the storage device procurement system agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for automatically procuring a storage device for use with an information handling system comprising:
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means for installing a storage device procurement system agent onto the information handling system; means for monitoring storage device failure and full warnings and conditions within the information handling system via the storage device procurement system agent; means for communicating with a storage device provider via the storage device procurement system agent; and
,means for automatically procuring a storage device based upon the monitoring via the storage device procurement system agent. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information handling system comprising:
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a processor; memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a storage device procurement system agent, the storage device procurement system agent enabling automatically procuring a storage device, the storage device procurement system agent comprising instructions for; monitoring storage device failure and full warnings and conditions within the information handling system; communicating with a storage device provider; and
,automatically procuring a storage device based upon the monitoring. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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